Coordinator Report
April 12, 2012

The recreation committee has been without full membership for many
months. Colin Killay who is active as baseball and basketball coach is
willing to accept an appointment and has been nominated by the two
committee members. I recommend he be appointed to the Recreation
Committee.

Per some sort of legislative action we need to respond to the state
regarding our municipality's choice of health insurer.  We are with the
Hampshire Council of Governments and save more than $9000 per year over
the GLC which the state is pushing. Board needs to authorize signing a
report to the state documenting this fact.

Rosa will report on the nuisance dog whose owner seems to have left town
and the dog is confined in the house. The landlord has been notified.

I presented our performance contract concept to the Bernardston
Selectmen and they are taking the matter under advisement.

Annual Town Meeting and Election Warrants are ready to be posted though
they aren't required to be until April 30. Since they are ready to go I
suggest the board sign them at the meeting April 17th.

The MBI grant funded WiMax gear was installed on American Tower this
week. We are still waiting on DCR for permission to install on Mt Grace.

DCR incorporated Warwick's forest zone suggestions. The new map was
released last week and conforms to our requests. The Commissioner phoned
to thank us for our contribution and said our testimony was among the
most valuable they received.

The conservation restriction projects won't be ready for signature this
week. Mt Grace is waiting for an appraisal and final numbers. These will
likely be ready in two weeks. Town Counsel has reviewed the contracts
and approved.

We are getting seven good used office chairs, six classic wood armchairs
for the boardroom, a fax machine for the FD, and some shelves for town
hall and the PD from FRCOG. We will move them next week.

My feasibility study for burning biomass didn't make the cut with USFS.
They cited the relatively small size of the facility and the forced air
distribution system.

The pallet burn on Hastings Heights Rd isn't going to happen this year.
FD canceled the first scheduled date and at this point in time the
landowner does not want the hay trampled. This project will have to wait
until next year.

Ted Cady reports that MA DOT did replace one of the missing bounds but
can't remember if it was the Northfield or Orange one.

We will have a hearing at the next meeting on discontinuance of
maintenance on Tully Brook Rd. Following the hearing I will ask the
board to vote to discontinue maintenance. This is on the ATM Warrant but
the law gives the Selectboard the power not the Town Meeting so I
propose we address this with both belts and suspenders.

Pequoig Energy, our solar partner, reports that they are submitting
their permit applications this month and will soon after be able to tell
us when they expect to begin generating.

I visited the Tech School last week regarding our solar broadband power
pack project funded by MBI. This was my first visit ever. I had lunch in
the restaurant the students operate and had a tour of the facility.

We received the check for unrestricted CDBG program income and I made
the turnover to the Treasurer. These funds are on the ATM warrant to
reduce the levy.

Representative Denise Andrews contacted us regarding her schedule.
Besides OHD do we have any events we would like her to attend?  Steve
Pontz is corresponding with Congressman McGovern and is attempting to
set up a visit to Warwick which will be in his new district.

I worked with Mr. Silva regarding his ZBA special permit for temporary
living facility. This is the last of the Tully Rd / Royalston Rd
dwelling units. He will be making his application soon.

Janet Conover corresponded with us regarding appointment of registrar of
voters. These are supposed to be three year terms and she notes that the
Town Report lists them as one year terms. The law calls for the
respective Town Committees to each nominate individuals and for the
Selectboard to appoint two from each party to the three member board. Do
you see any problems with the math? The Town Clerk is in fact a
registrar as well. We have been appointing one Dem, one Republican, one
Un-enrolled which in MA parlance is an independent.